I am running iOS 18 on my iPhone 14. RCS is enabled but does not work when messaging my Android phone. I have RCS running on my Android phone and works fine between other Android phones. My iPhone is on the Verizon network while my Android is on T-Mobile. I've tried disabling/enabling RCS on my iPhone a number of times as well as rebooting. Any other suggestions?
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iPhone 14, iOS 18
Have you confirmed with Verizon that RCS is enabled for your plan and phone? They don't support it on all of their cell plans. Also confirm that they're supporting RCS in an iPhone. As of right now their "Advanced Messaging" page
https://www.verizon.com/support/advanced-messaging-faqs/
says that they support RCS only on select Samsung phones. So this may well be an issue with Verizon, not your phone.
Regards.
I'm having the exact same issue as many people in this thread. For context, I'm running iOS 18.3.2 on a 15 pro and my messaging with android has worked fine since they introduced rcs messaging in iOS 18 last year. All of a sudden, last week I couldn't send any messages with people running android phones through RCS and had to wait until the message sent to resend as SMS. I've talked to Apple and Verizon and neither of them have any idea what's going on, and I've tried resetting my network settings as above and i'm still having the same issues.
It's starting to get really annoying since apparently my coworkers are texting me and im not receiving any of their messages! I have good wifi and full bars and its just starting to drive me a little up the wall.
First step is missing "General" after Settings and before Transfer or Reset iPhone. Otherwise this worked for me iOs 18.4.1 on Iphone 14. (Click above link: Apr 26, 2025 9:31 AM in response to OZ1666 to see context.)
varjak paw wrote:
says that they support RCS only on select Samsung phones.
And no cross-carrier compatibility.
I’m having the same problem 🙃
I’m having the exact same problem. What makes this even more bizarre is that other VzW customers have it. Same for my Tmobile line on the same device.
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I've just got off the phone from O2 UK
They have not got RCS messages enabled at the moment but it's coming soon
So I I am on T-Mobile. T-Mobile Does support RCS however my ims status only has voice and sms. So it’s either a plan issue or something else is wrong.
I agree @fuzzylobes there’s something else going on.
Not only does the Android phone need to support RCS, but it has to be enabled in their Google Messages app as well.
I've been on three different phone calls with Verizon with them trying to push the settings to my phone, over a dozen power cycles and still no RCS. iPhone Xr, Verizon, and obviously iOS 18.
Same here. Super annoyed. But what’s weird is…when I text my mom’s android phone it uses RCS but when I text my husband’s Android it doesn’t show RCS it just says SMS.
From Google's site: "You must have Android 5.0 or higher for RCS chats to work." It's practically all! But not all Android phones have it enabled!
Almost all Android phones support RCS: "You must have Android 5.0 or higher for RCS chats to work. "
RCSis active on my phone. However, some messages/recipients I have the option to send later but others don’t. Is this due to carriers?
Myphone284 wrote:
RCSis active on my phone. However, some messages/recipients I have the option to send later but others don’t. Is this due to carriers?
Yes
Why is RCS not working between my iPhone running iOS 18 and Android?
